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{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Mark Jamar
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| club2 = {{AFL Ess}}
| games_goals2 = {{0|00}}5 {{0}}(3)
| games_goalstotal = 160 (59)
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==AFL career==
Jamar was drafted at pick number six to Melbourne in the 2001 Rookie Draft. He debuted in the opening round of the 2003 season against {{AFL Haw}}, which the Demons won by six points. He had a quiet debut with only four disposals, a mark and a hit-out on the stats sheet. However he improved in his next match, a 27-point win over {{AFL
Jamar only played three games in 2004, including an elimination final that the Demons lost in a five-point match against Essendon. He averaged five disposals and seven hit-outs.
In 2005, Jamar played eight games - of which the Demons won five
Jamar missed only one game in the whole 2006 season. He consolidated himself as a reliable ruckman for the Demons. He averaged 10 hit-outs and four disposals and kicked 10 goals and two behinds for the season. Melbourne finished the season seventh and played {{AFL StK}} in the elimination final, which the Demons won by 18 points. Jamar contributed in the ruck with seven hit-outs and four disposals. He did not play against {{AFL Fre}} the following week when the Demons were defeated by 28 points and were eliminated from the finals.
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A stress fracture in his foot resulted in Jamar missing much of the 2009 season. In the games he did play he played in the primary ruck position, averaging 23 hit-outs and 11 disposals. Once again the Demons finished bottom of the ladder, but Jamar's efforts as Melbourne's main big man did not go unnoticed. He was ranked seventh in hit-outs per game for the year.
Jamar went from strength to strength as Melbourne's number one ruck in 2010, playing an instrumental part in the Demons' rise up the ladder, averaging 29 hit-outs, 12 disposals and three contested marks per game, with four goals over the first seven rounds. He was ranked second in the AFL for hit-outs per game, was named as the second ruckman for the 2010 All-Australian squad<ref>{{cite web |title=All Australian at a glance |url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/102544/default.aspx |
He was informed in September 2015 that he would not be offered a contract from Melbourne for 2016, effectively ending his fourteen-year career with the club after 155 games.
In December 2015, Jamar announced that he had signed to play with St Kevin's Old Boys in premier division of the [[Victorian Amateur Football Association]] (VAFA) for season 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-09-11/demons-farewell-jamar-but-will-he-play-on|title=Demons farewell Jamar, but will he play on?|last=Thring|first=Harry|date=11 September 2015|work=AFL.com.au|publisher=[[Bigpond]]|accessdate=11 September 2015}}</ref>
In February 2016, Jamar signed with the [[Essendon Football Club]] as a top-up player due to the
==Statistics==
:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/M/Mark_Jamar.html|title=Mark Jamar|publisher=AFL Tables|accessdate=5 September 2014}}</ref>
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